Although there was a great deal of support for a Congressional amendment aimed at allowing veterans to gain hassle-free access to medical marijuana, it does not appear the powers that be are ready to get serious about giving the men and women who have fought to protect ou… Read article here: High Times
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Veterans Affairs Hospital Blocks Cannabis Lecture
Despite an encouraging word from Capitol Hill suggesting that federal lawmakers are beginning to loosen up when it comes to allowing physicians with the Department of Veterans Affairs to discuss medical marijuana with their patients, some VA hospitals are still refusing t… Read article here: High Times
House Votes to Allow Veterans to Access Medical Marijuana
Amendment Will Allow VHA Doctors to Recommend Medical Marijuana to Patients in Medical Marijuana States Amendment Already Passed Senate Appropriations Committee, Will Likely Become Law Later This Year WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House passed a bipartisan amendment today, 233 to 189, allowing Veterans Administration (VA) doctors to recommend medical marijuana to their patients in states […]
Veterans Can Now Get Medical Marijuana; VA Doctors Can Now Recommend
Thanks to the new amendment passed by the Senate. The Veterans can now get medical marijuana in any states that allow the use of therapeutic cannabis. The Veterans Affairs (VA) doctors are now allowed to prescribe or recommend the use of medical marijuana to patients. According to Inquistr, the Senate Appropriations Committee just passed the […]
Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Veterans Access to Medical Marijuana
Amendment Passes for Second Year Running, but Must Pass House before Becoming Law Amendment Would Allow VA Doctors to Recommend Medical Marijuana to Patients in Medical Marijuana States The Senate Appropriations Committee passed a bipartisan amendment today, 20 to 10, allowing Veterans Administration (VA) doctors to recommend medical marijuana to their patients in states where […]
Congress Members to VA: Let Veterans Smoke Marijuana
Despite the men and women of the United States military being forced to risk life and limb to protect the agenda of the federal government, those who return home wounded from the battlefield are not given the same freedom to take advantage of statewide medical marijuana p… Read article here: High Times
CannaBall Run Supports Veterans Treating War Trauma with Cannabis
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Alaska Groups Give Free Cannabis to Severely Ill and Veterans
Eighteen years after Alaskanstechnicallygained the right to use medical marijuana, there are still no state-licensed dispensaries and there are only six qualifying illnesses forMMJuse, according toNORML. Read article here: High Times
US Govt 2016 Budget Protects Medical Marijuana, But Snubs Veterans and Retail Pot Sales in Washington D.C.
Although there was a great deal of anticipation that the details of the latest federal spending bill would include a deeper level of protection in states that have legalized marijuana for medicinal and recreational purposes, the congressional machine behind the dysfunctio… Read article here: High Times
Veterans Lobby For Medical Marijuana In Washington D.C.
A Rockingham veteran took his fight for medical marijuana to the nation’s capital on Wednesday. Perry Parks joined Weed for Warriors in dumping a box of empty pill bottles in front of the White House on Veterans Day “demanding equal care, and not by zip code.” “The veterans are being filled with pills and basically […]